# Litouwen: FSC-mitigatie indicator 60 — rij 10 > Contextgebonden FSC-mitigatiemaatregel uit FSC-RA-LTU-02-2026 voor indicator 60. De volledige officiële Engelstalige maatregel, risicocontext, verifier en brondocumenten staan hieronder als brongebonden feiten. ## Engelse samenvatting > Ensure that harvesting does not start in areas potentially containing HCV3 values before a pre-harvest ecological inspection has identified rare, threatened, or endangered ecosystems, habitats, or refugia and the necessary protection measures have been defined. - Canonical entity URI: - Schema.org type: `CreativeWork` ## Trefwoorden FSC, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, FSC-RA-LTU-02-2026, indicator 60, Document verification ## Kenmerken - FSC risk indicator: 60. Rare, threatened, or endangered ecosystems, habitats or refugia are identified and protected, maintained, or enhanced (HCV3). — [bron]() - Risk conclusion: Non-negligible risk — [bron]() - Geopolitical scale: Lithuania — [bron]() - Source type: State-owned forest with a management plan, Privately-owned forest, State-owned forest without a management plan — [bron]() - Risk threshold: 60. 1.     HCV 3 is identified, or its occurrence is likely in the area under assessment and is threatened by management activities. — [bron]() - Description of risk: Lithuania applies the HCV framework with precautionary requirements for identifying, managing, and monitoring rare and threatened ecosystems, including strict protection of old-growth forests (less than 1% of all forests) and other sensitive habitats within protected areas and Natura 2000 sites. However, expert assessments (E19, E33, E7, E30, E3, E4, E5, E34) indicate that rare, threatened, or endangered ecosystems and refugia are still poorly identified and protected, with decisions based on incomplete PSIS data (~10% checked), low competence, almost no control in non-FSC private forests, and ongoing logging that damages protected species and cultural and landscape values. Therefore, the risk is non-negligible. — [bron]() - Type of verifier: Document verification — [bron]() - Mitigation requirement level: Recommended — [bron]() - Associated documents: PSIS data or evidence of data insufficiency, pre-harvest ecological inspection reports, harvest planning records for relevant areas, maps or records identifying potential HCV3 areas, PSIS, Permits for Harvesting — [bron]() - Risk mitigation measure: Ensure that harvesting does not start in areas potentially containing HCV3 values before a pre-harvest ecological inspection has identified rare, threatened, or endangered ecosystems, habitats, or refugia and the necessary protection measures have been defined. — [bron]() - Other relevant information: The key aim is strengthen the reliable identification and protection of rare, threatened, and endangered ecosystems by requiring clear documentation of pre‑harvest ecological inspections in these areas. Pre‑harvest inspections should result in written reports and updated maps (rare or threatened ecosystems, habitats, refugia), which are attached to harvest plans and made available to contractors so they can adjust operations and set exclusion zones. Including a clear stop‑work clause for HCV3 in contractor contracts is critical: it should specify that if workers encounter signs of rare or threatened habitats (e.g. old‑growth structures, rich deadwood habitats, specific wetland types, nesting/roosting features), they must immediately halt work in the affected area and trigger a rapid expert assessment. — [bron]() - Source workbook row: 10 — [bron]() ## Relaties - Onderdeel van: [FSC Risk Assessment voor Litouwen — 2-0]() (`isPartOf`) - Over: [Litouwen]() (`about`) - Over: [FSC Risk Assessment indicator 60 — Rare, threatened, or endangered ecosystems, habitats or refugia are identified and protected, maintained, or enhanced (HCV3).]() (`about`) - Over: [Litouwen: FSC-indicator 60 — non-negligible risk]() (`about`) - Vermeldt: [Mitigation measure onder het FSC Risk Assessment Framework]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Non-negligible risk onder het FSC Risk Assessment Framework]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [State-owned forest with a management plan — FSC Risk Assessment Litouwen]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [Privately-owned forest — FSC Risk Assessment Litouwen]() (`mentions`) - Vermeldt: [State-owned forest without a management plan — FSC Risk Assessment Litouwen]() (`mentions`) ## Identificaties - FSC Risk Mitigation row: `FSC-RA-LTU-02-2026 row 10` — [resolver]() - FSC risk indicator: `60` — [resolver]() ## Bronnen - [Bron](): Official FSC Risk Assessment FSC-RA-LTU-02-2026; Risk Mitigation worksheet row 10. ## Andere representaties - [HTML]() - [Schema.org JSON-LD]() - [Volledig RDF JSON-LD]() - [Turtle]()